FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Euro 2020 - Spain Training - Estadio La Cartuja de Sevilla, Seville, Spain - June 13, 2021 Spain's Cesar Azpilicueta during training Pool via REUTERS/Julio Munoz/File Photo
SEVILLE (Reuters) - With their rich footballing pedigree, Spain never expected to need a win from their final Group E game against Slovakia to reach the next stage of Euro 2020 - but they are forced to treat Wednesday's match as a knockout game itself.
Spain were booed off the pitch by their own fans after Saturday's 1-1 draw with Poland in Seville, which followed an opening goalless stalemate with Sweden to equal their worst ever start to a European Championship since 1996.
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